CROMPTON, Thomas (1607-73), of Stone Park, Stone, Staffs.

Family and Education

bap. 25 June 1607, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Thomas Crompton† of Stone, and Margaret, da. of Samuel Marrow of Berkswell, Warws.Stone par. reg.; Vis. Staffs. ed. H.S. Grazebrook (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. ser. 1, v. pt. ii), 102-3. m. (1) 23 Oct. 1627, Anne, da. of Thomas Whitgreave of Burton, Castle Church, Staffs. 1s. d.v.p. 1da.; (2) Oct. 1630, Eleanor (d. 1631), da. of James Skrimsher of Norbury, Staffs. 1da. d.v.p.; (3) by 1637, Elizabeth (d. Nov. 1639), da. of George Hovenden, prebendary of Canterbury, wid. of Edward Chaloner, DD, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.; (4) by 1648, Eleanor (d. aft. 1667), da. of Sir George Morton of Milborne St Andrew, Dorset, wid. of Thomas Hussey of Winterborne Tomson, Dorset, 1s.Stone par. reg.; St Mary Bothaw, London par. reg.; C6/79/59; C8/185/64; Vis. Staffs. ed. Grazebrook, 102-3. suc. fa. July 1645;Stone par. reg. d. 1 Dec. 1673.W.H. Bowers, J.W. Clough, Researches into the Hist. of Stone (Birmingham, 1929), 145.

Offices Held

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) c.Nov. 1642–?;CJ ii. 862b. col. by Sept. 1645–?HMC 4th Rep. 273. Col. militia horse, Staffs. 14 May 1650–?, by July 1659-aft. Feb. 1660.Bodl. Rawl. C.179, p. 240; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 506; 1659–60, p. 354; CJ vii. 772b. Gov. Stafford by July 1659-aft. Feb. 1660.Bodl. Rawl. C.179, p. 240; CSP Dom. 1659–60, pp. 192, 354; HMC Leyborne-Popham, 139.

Local: commr. for Staffs. and Lichfield, assoc. of Staffs. and Warws. 31 Dec. 1642;Rushworth, Hist. Collns. v. 103. oyer and terminer, Staffs. 12 Aug. 1645–?;C181/5, f. 258. Oxf. circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660.C181/6, pp. 11, 374. J.p. Staffs. by Jan. 1646-Oct. 1660.Staffs. RO, Q/SO 5, p. 167. Member, Staffs. sequestration cttee. 9 Feb. 1647–?CJ v. 76b; LJ viii. 715b. Commr. assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). militia, Staffs. and Lichfield 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. Staffs. 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659;SP25/76A, f. 15v; A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, c.Nov. 1655;Staffs. RO, D793/94. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). poll tax, 1660.SR.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers by June 1652.SP22/2B, f. 190.

: of Stone Park, Staffs., Stone.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

CROMPTON, Thomas (1607-73), of Stone Park, Stone, Staffs.

Will

not found.

Estates

inherited property in Stone, manor of Whitgreave, Staffs. and 8 messuages in Gray’s Inn Lane, Mdx.C142/786/68. In 1647, sold messuages ‘in or near’ Gray’s Inn Lane for £1,800.C6/79/59. In 1649 and 1652, borrowed £1,000 and £1,200 by statute staple.LC4/203, ff. 75, 202. In the early 1660s, estate was estimated to be worth £400 p.a.‘The gentry of Staffs. 1662-3’ ed. R. M. Kidson (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. ser. 4, ii), 11. In 1666, house at Stone assessed at 12 hearths.‘The 1666 hearth tax’ (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. 1921), 96.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

presented John Hall to vicarage of Eccleshall. Staffs., 1652.Add. 36792, f. 45.

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